Who's your favorite Comedian and Why?

[arcon]

This could be interesting. Who's your favorite comedian and why
do you consider the comedian good. Its a given of course that you consider
him/her funny. Whats their style? arrogant, dry,cocky, meek etc.

[arcon]

I know we have comedy lovers. Ive viewed the joke thread.

Mine is Eddie Murphy.
next would be Dennis Miller
then George Carlin(perfer the cleaned up versions of Carlins humor)

I like Eddie because he seems to have a very high energy level
and is happy most all the time. yea....happy humor

I like Dennis Miller because he does a great job of showing a realistic,cold, dark side of mans existence but manages to put it
together well(brilliantly at times). He portrays a bit of mans darker
side that few will admit exists .I just love his sarcasm......yea.....dark humor

I like George Carlin because he can take the most simple thing
and with that deadpan presentation make it halarious.

ok, your turn

arcon

[whtouche]

Chris rock's cultural observationary..tory? humor is great to listen to.

I like george carlin because he makes me laugh and for other reasons I can't explain.

Robert schimmel is really funny too, the way he twists things to make them funny.

[Inquartata]

Larry Miller.

Also like Dennis Miller and Bill Maher, both less than I used to ( I think they're losing their edges, the former as he skews right, the latter the more he skews left ).

Richard Pryor, before he blew himself up freebasing.

[Duelist]

Cosby is da man!

[40Saberthieves]

The pope

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[KShan5[PrFC]]

I love Robin Williams because a lot of his humor is intellectual. And if it 'aint, who cares, he is just plain *** funny.

Chris Rock is also histerical along iwth Aaron Sorkin

[arcon]

Hey guys, i posted this on another thread and so far nobody knows. So let me explain again.
There was a comedian many years back that was the first to
appear on HBO.
He had some years on him then so he has even more on him now.
Anyway hes not a young guy.
He had this thing hed do with his leg ....seriously.....then
in a gruffy voice hed say....."I cant stop my leg"
At the time i thought it was hilarious.
Does anyone know this guys name.
I CANNOT remember it.

thanks
arcon

[Iwant2bafencer]

Bill Cosby hands down. He is one of the Gods of comedy. That man never ever fails to make me laugh!

"So you see we are dumb, but we are not so dumb"

[Catlady]

Bill Cosby he just knows human nature so well.

Robin Williams-just naturally hilarious. He can't seem to turn it off, which must be interesting to say the least for his near and dear.

I'd like George Carlin a lot more if he was cleaner, but his observations on human nature are so true too. For instance the whole "on the plane" thing ( you get on the plane if you want, but I'm getting inside the plane. . .) and also the difference between stuff and junk (your junk is stuff, other people's stuff is junk).

I used to like Judy Tenuda alot, but I haven't heard of her lately. Also Lily Tomlin and Rita Rudner.

[Moonitic]

I'd have to say it would be any of the guys on Who's Line is it Anyway. I LOVE improv. It's hard (been doing it myself since May). But those guys are able to come up with something fresh & hysterically funny every time.

Know that Superheroes game they play? When you're the one up there, it's not so easy! Ack!

[arcon]

Moon thats one of my favorite shows also.
Who's the tall guy thats always on the right?
He's great.

[Moonitic]

That's Ryan Stiles. He's been on it since it was on in England (along with Colin Mochrie...probably spelled that wrong). Those two are my favorites, along with Wayne Brady.

[Gav]

Sorry guys but I have to say what boring comedians!

Billy Cosby!!! the Cosby show wasn't even that funny. I'm trying to remember the names of some of my favourite comedians ...
Eddie Izzard - very funny, very surreal.
Billy Connelly - come on the guy is/was a genius.
Jack Dee - Deadpan, very funny.

[Moonitic]

Okay, then you try what they do. Come to Michigan or go to Steamboat Springs, CO to try your hand at improv, since you're such a...shall we say "expert"?

No need to knock others' favorites when they differ from your own. They're ALL pretty darn talented.

[mollusk]

Mark Twain - He invented stand up comedy.

Jonathan Winters - A true original. Robin Williams should give 10% of his earnings to Winters.

[Millamber]

Originally posted by arcon
Hey guys, i posted this on another thread and so far nobody knows. So let me explain again.
There was a comedian many years back that was the first to
appear on HBO.
He had some years on him then so he has even more on him now.
Anyway hes not a young guy.
He had this thing hed do with his leg ....seriously.....then
in a gruffy voice hed say....."I cant stop my leg"
At the time i thought it was hilarious.
Does anyone know this guys name.
I CANNOT remember it.

thanks
arcon

The guy your looking for is Robert Klien. Would play blues harmonica while tapping his foot. His foot tapping would get out of control and in a singing voice he would exclaim,

"I can't stop my leg!"
"I can't stop my leg, now,
Oh, I can't stop my leg,
My leg stopped."

------generous comedic pause-------------

"THERE IT GOES AGAIN!"
"There it goes again now,
I can't stop my leg!"


Personally I enjoy the biting social commentary that comedian Bill Hicks used to do.

"They turned the book depository into a museum. Its the 'Assassination museum' and they have the room set up just like it was on that day. And its exactly like it was then, its perfectly accurate.................Cause Oswald's not in it."

[Popper]

two names:

Robin Williams

Pablo Fransisco


both amazing!

[arcon]

I could never really appreciate the humor and antics of Jerry Lewis
I saw h im on some film specials a few years back. He fits in the same
group Id put Steve Martin in. I guess i consider them both too

silly.

I guess if you like the three stooges youd like these guys(jerry L.
and S. Martin.
Robin Williams seemed the best for pulling off the silly routines.
In the old days it would have to be Red Skelton(in my opinion).

[CarlKnoch]

Dennis Miller. He's Irreverant, and likes to salt his puns with the best of victorian literature! I love it!